Life in India’s largest city means learning to appreciate the daily tumult and epic traffic, while enjoying life in the most cosmopolitan city on the subcontinent.
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As the key commercial and financial centre of northern India, Delhi is an increasingly frequent destination for globetrotters.
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In Bollywood-mad Mumbai, Neeta Lulla, a costume and fashion designer for the Indian film industry, is almost as famous as the celebrities she dresses.
In one day in this city of dramatic contrasts, we meet one of India’s most visionary businessmen, play cricket in a local park and travel to school with children from a Mumbai slum.
The Indian state of Maharashtra has a rich Buddhist tradition, and is an excellent -- though still barely known -- destination for travellers seeking spiritual enlightenment.
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Beyond the rivers that cleanse pilgrim’s sins during the Maha Kumbh Mela, there is much more to the mass Hindu festival taking place on shore.
A tranquil road trip through Ottoman-era towns
A look at the country’s cultural heart
Visit the tranquil Temple of Karnak at sunset
Birding in Zambia’s wild
Zambia
Voices of Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Indonesia
Mini guide to romance in Paris
Paris
Airport hotels become stylish
Hotels
Our favourite images of the week
A presidential tour of Austin
Austin
Twenty-one days out in London
London
High-heel racing for a cause
The Netherlands
The most lucrative horse race
Dubai
Kick back on an Israel kibbutz
Israel
South Africa’s arty eastern Karoo
South Africa
Treasures of Kauai’s Na Pali Coast
Hawaii
The Black Sea region by mini bus
Turkey
In Rome, Venice’s famous painter
Rome
Is Ikea a home away from home?
Europe
Feast at London’s Tobacco Docks
London
Going local: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Rio de Janeiro
The cost of flying on the cheap
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